Partners who spoke with CRN praised many of the strategic changes made in the past year, particularly Xerox further enabling custom app development, and expressed support for first-year CEO Jeff Jacobson.

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The security industry saw more threats and funding opportunities in 2017, with massive data breaches and ransomware attacks crippling major institutions, and vendors tapping into the deep pockets of private equity and IPOs.